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arxiv: 0811.2235 · v2 · submitted 2008-11-13 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Intrinsic Coupling between Current and Domain Wall Motion in (Ga,Mn)As

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We consider current-induced domain wall motion and, the reciprocal process, moving domain wall-induced current. The associated Onsager coefficients are expressed in terms of scattering matrices. Uncommonly, in (Ga,Mn)As, the effective Gilbert damping coefficient $\alpha_w$ and the effective out-of-plane spin transfer torque parameter $\beta_w$ are dominated by spin-orbit interaction in combination with scattering off the domain wall, and not scattering off extrinsic impurities. Numerical calculations give $\alpha_w \sim 0.01$ and $\beta_w \sim 1$ in dirty (Ga,Mn)As. The extraordinary large $\beta_w$ parameter allows experimental detection of current or voltage induced by domain wall motion in (Ga,Mn)As.

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